State Grants, Superfund Targeted for Immediate FY17 Cuts, OMB Document Says

摘要

A roughly $250 million EPA budget cut is in the White House crosshairs for the remainder of fiscal year 2017, a 3 percent decrease from the $8.3 billion enacted level. Grants for state environmental programs are reduced $115 million, which is 10 percent below enacted levels, according to a White House Office of Management and Budget document released March 28. The decrease aims to "ease" the agency into larger grant cuts for fiscal year 2018, the document says. The White House released its fiscal year 2018 budget blueprint in mid-March. That proposal would ax 44 percent of EPA grant funding.